Rockland woman charged with drunken driving after bar calls police on her

Tuesday

Nov 28, 2017 at 8:52 AMNov 28, 2017 at 9:29 AM

A Cellar Tavern employee called the police after they watched a woman drive away from the bar after they decided she was too intoxicated to be served.

WEYMOUTH – A Rockland woman was arrested on a charge of second-offense drunken driving after Abington police received a phone call from the bar she had just left.

Elaine R. Cormier, 64, of 337 Webster St. Apt. R, Rockland, was at The Cellar Tavern on North Avenue in Abington at about 10:30 p.m. when she ordered a drink. A bartender thought she was intoxicated, so he refused her request, police said.

When Cormier left the bar and drove away, a Cellar employee called police.

As Cormier headed into Weymouth in a Honda CR-V, her erratic driving attracted the attention of another driver, who dialed 911 to report that the CR-V was “all over the road,” police said.

Police caught up with the Honda near the 99 Restaurant on Main Street in Weymouth.

Police noted that Cormier took an unusually long time to stop as they signaled her to pull over with their blue lights and siren.

“The vehicle just drove very slow and stopped hundreds of yards later,” according to the police report.

When police spoke with Cormier, she reeked of alcohol and became combative, demanding to know why she had been pulled over, the report states. It also says Cormier’s speech was slurred and she mispronounced some words.

Cormier refused to answer police when they asked her if she was coming from The Cellar, and she changed her story three times when telling police where she was headed, the report states.

She said she had had 2½ glasses of wine.

Cormier failed several field sobriety tests, and her blood-alcohol level was measured at 0.12 percent, police said. The legal limit for driving is 0.08.

Cormier was arraigned Monday in Quincy District Court on charges of operating under the influence, second offense; and negligent driving. She was ordered to forfeit her driver’s license for 30 days.